Abstract
BACKGROUND. Plasma lipids are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Population-based data on plasma lipids are scarce in Bangladesh.
METHODS. We investigated plasma lipid levels in a rural population of Bangladesh in 2001. Fasting blood was collected in 447 adults (157 men and 290 women) aged 20-79 years (mean+/-standard deviation 40+/-11 years in men, and 39+/-10 in women).
RESULTS. The mean total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio levels were 182+/-56, 39+/-10, 115+/-53, 139+/-72 mg/dl and 4.8+/-1.8, respectively. The prevalence of abnormal lipid levels were as follows: hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol > or =240 mg/dl) 16.1%, high LDL cholesterol (> or =160 mg/dl) 20.4%, low HDL cholesterol (<40 mg/dl) 66.4%, hypertriglyceridemia (> or =200 mg/dl) 15.0% and total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio (>5.5) 32.7%.
CONCLUSIONS. The prevalence of dyslipidemias, especially in the case of low HDL cholesterol, appears to be high even in this rural population of Bangladesh.
Keywords plasma lipids · dyslipidemia · low HDL cholesterol · hypercholesterolemia · hypertriglyceridemia · LDL cholesterol · TC/HDL-C ratio · rural population · Bangladesh · cardiovascular risk
Cite this paper
Mohammad Mostafa Zaman, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Jemal Muhammed Ahmed, N. Yoshiike, Sharker Md. Numan, Md. Sadequl Islam, Kawsar Parvin, & Ferdous Hakim. (2006). Plasma lipids in a rural population of Bangladesh. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, 13(3), 444-448. https://doi.org/10.1097/00149831-200606000-00022
Authors and affiliations
Mohammad Mostafa Zaman
National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh. zamanm@whoban.org
ORCID 0000-0002-1736-1342National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute
ORCID 0000-0002-7498-4634Jemal Muhammed Ahmed
National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Dhaka
ORCID 0009-0001-6310-4929N. Yoshiike
National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
Sharker Md. Numan
Bangladesh Open University
ORCID 0000-0002-1875-1561Md. Sadequl Islam
National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Dhaka
ORCID 0000-0003-4198-9452Kawsar Parvin
National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Dhaka
Ferdous Hakim
Ekhlaspur Center of Health (ECOH), Matlab North, Chandpur
ORCID 0000-0003-2376-3978